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U.K. Bishops Defect to Catholic Church: A Worsening Rift? (Time.com)

November 11th, 2010

Time.com - In protest over gay rights and the ordaining of women, five Church of England bishops have announced they are converting to Catholicism. Is this just a little rift…

In excelis D’oh! Vatican says Homer, Bart Catholic (AP)

October 19th, 2010

FILE - This undated frame from the Fox series 'The Simpsons,' shows the popular cartoon family posing in front of their home, from left, Lisa , Marge , Maggie, Homer and Bart Simpson. The Vatican newspaper has declared that Homer Simpson is part of the pope's flock.'Few people know it and he does everything to hide it but it is true: Homer J. Simpson is Catholic,' L'Osservatore Romano wrote in its weekend edition of Oct. 16-17 2010 under the headline: 'Homer and Bart are Catholic.' (AP Photo/Fox Broacasting Co.)AP - Homer Simpson a Catholic? Don’t have a sacred cow, man.


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Pope visits UK Catholic schools, urges trust (AP)

September 17th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI kisses the head of a boy, as he arrives for a celebration of Catholic education at St Mary's University College, Twickenham,  London  Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)AP - Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope Benedict XVI on his second day in Britain on Friday, offering a boisterous welcome even as the pontiff urged their teachers…

Chile rejects pardons proposed by Catholic Church (AP)

July 25th, 2010

A police officer looks on as people hold portraits of family members who were dissidents killed during the dictatorship of former Gen. Augusto Pinochet outside La Moneda government palace in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday July 21, 2010. The Roman Catholic Church handed Chile's President Sebastian Pinera a petition for massive pardons that include military officials who committed crimes against humanity during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-90). (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Chile’s conservative president rejected a proposal by the Roman Catholic Church for sweeping pardons of elderly and sick prisoners that would have freed military officers convicted of human…

Belfast police, Catholic rioters clash over parade (AP)

July 13th, 2010

Police remove a nationalist protester  before an Orange Order march in north Belfast, Northern Ireland,  Monday July 12, 2010.  Police battled Irish nationalists for control of a Belfast road Monday as a day dominated by peaceful Protestant parades across Northern Ireland turned violent when night fell.    (AP Photo / Niall Carson, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES **AP - Police struggled Tuesday to quell rioting by Irish Catholics in several parts of Northern Ireland following a day of mass Protestant parades, an annual event that often pushes…

Roman Catholic bishop’s driver charged with murder (AP)

June 4th, 2010

AP - A court says the driver of a Roman Catholic bishop killed in southern Turkey has been charged with murder.

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Roman Catholic bishop stabbed to death in Turkey (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

AP - A Roman Catholic bishop was stabbed to death in southern Turkey on Thursday, a day before he was scheduled to leave for Cyprus to meet with the pope,…

Cuba’s Catholic cardinal says country in crisis (AP)

April 19th, 2010

In this photo taken March 28, 2010, Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega delivers a speech during Palm Sunday mass in Havana. Ortega said the country is in one of its worst crises in recent times and that its people are demanding political and economic changes sooner rather than later. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Cuba’s Roman Catholic cardinal says the country is in one of its worst crises in recent times, with its people demanding political and economic changes sooner rather than…

US Catholic church moving faster on abuse cases (AP)

April 13th, 2010

FILE - In this January 5, 2007 file photo, Archbishop Charles Chaput is speaks during an interview at the church's headquarters in Denver. Chaput acted swiftly suspending Rev. Melvin Thompson from Saint Thomas More Parish after decades-old child sex abuse allegations were presented against the priest. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, FILE)AP - The action against the priest was swift and public.


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Norway’s Catholic Church reports new abuse claims (AP)

April 8th, 2010

Norwegian Catholic bishop Bernt Eidsvig faces the press at the airport in Oslo, Norway, Thursday April 8, 2010 after traveling abroad, to face allegations of child abuse by members of the catholic church in Norway. Eidsvig, said Thursday he has received e-mails alleging new cases of abuse. But he says the nature and seriousness of the allegations remain unclear. The church disclosed Wednesday that the reason Eidsvig's precedessor, 58-year-old Georg Mueller, resigned in June was that he had admitted to abusing a boy about 20 years earlier, when he was a priest. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Lise Aserud) ** NORWAY OUT **AP - Norway’s Catholic Church has received new allegations of clergy abuse after revealing that its former bishop had admitted to molesting a minor in the early 1990s, a church…